Stratigraphic and geochronological context of human habitation along the Galana River, Kenya

Geoarchaeology

Volumn 22, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 709-728

  Wright, David K ^a,b   Forman, Steven L ^a   Kusimba, Chapurukha M ^c   Pierson, James ^a   Gomez, Jeaneth ^a   Tattersfield, Peter ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT CHICAGO   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

^c FIELD MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY   (United States)

^d Sunnybank   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGGRADATION; ARCHAEOLOGY; ARTIFACT; CERAMICS; GEOCHRONOLOGY; HOLOCENE; NEOLITHIC; OCCUPATION; SETTLEMENT PATTERN; STRATIGRAPHY; TERRACE;

GALANA RIVER; KENYA; TSAVO EAST NATIONAL PARK;

EID: 34948848113     PISSN: 08836353     EISSN: 15206548     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/gea.20183     Document Type: Article

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